Quanell X speaks to the media surrounded by Deloid Parker, Kofi Taharka, with the National Black United Front, Krystal Muhammad, with the New Black Panther Party, and others after their meeting with Dept. of Justice Official Kenneth Madgison at the Wells Fargo Building, Tuesday, July 30, 2013, in Houston. ( Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle )

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Jean Wilkins Dember, with New Day Enterprises, tries to squeeze into the front row as Quanell X prepares to speak to the media after their meeting with Dept. of Justice Official Kenneth Madgison at the Wells Fargo Building, Tuesday, July 30, 2013, in Houston. ( Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle )

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Quanell X and other groups walk in together to meet Dept. of Justice Official Kenneth Madgison at the Wells Fargo Building, Tuesday, July 30, 2013, in Houston. ( Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle )

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Kofi Tahark, with the National Black United Front, along with Jean Wilkins Dember, center, Quanell X and others walk in to meet Dept. of Justice Official Kenneth Madgison at the Wells Fargo Building, Tuesday, July 30, 2013, in Houston. ( Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle )

But the community leaders were mum after the meeting about their specific demands.

"He was firm, and we were just as firm with him," said Quanell X as the activists emerged from the meeting in downtown Houston. "It was not a hug and kiss meeting. It was not a kissing cousin meeting. We listened to him, he listened to us."

"We have some specific demands of the Department of Justice, from the local level to the national level," she said. "We want accountability and transparency to our communities as to what they're (DOJ) doing with regard to the Trayvon Martin case, as well as many other cases we've submitted to the Department of Justice."

"The bottom line is that we made a move today," he said. "It was a move on behalf of the people, and we firmly believe that. We'll see what their response is ... whether he (Magidson) really represents the people. It's their move right now."

A Florida jury's decision July 14 to acquit Zimmerman in the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin sparked protests nationwide, including Houston.

Muhammad, of the New Black Panther Party, said the time for passivity is over.

"Today is a new day," she said. "You're no longer going to be able to hide in these marble towers and ignore the people. You're going to have come to the people. We will remain at your doorsteps and inside your office and at your home and everywhere you turn until we see justice."

Also taking part in the meeting with Magidson were the National Black United Front, Harris County Green Party, Progressive Amateur Boxing Association and Nation Of Islam Southwest Region.